Middle English Dictionary Entry
hoppe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hoppe n.(1) Also hope. |
| Etymology | MDu. hoppe |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The plant used for making beer; the cones of the female hop plant (Humulus lupulus); ~ timber, ?wood for hop poles.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)245 : Hoppe, sede for beyre: Hummulus.
- (1455) in NQ ser.2.2392 : [One sack of] hoppes.
- (1464) in NQ ser.2.2276 : [Tenant may cut] an acre of wode competent and of the best fewell, excepte Hope tymbre.
- (1464) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)52-3 : The people of this Citee myght be gretely disceyved as in mesure of Barelles..and in hoppes and in other Greynes..no manne..brewe any Bere..but if it be made of sesonable malt, hoppes, and other greynes.
- (1467) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.614 : Pro iii barellis hoppys, val. vi s. viii d.
- (1472) RParl.6.38 : Thomas Flete..toke away..ccc li. of Hoppes; Item, cc busshell of Malt.
- a1500 Sln.521 Recipes (Sln 521)142/22 : Take borage..wyrmode tenderons of hoppys..of ech half an handful.
- 1592 Chester Pl.(Add 10305)2.82 : With hoopes I made my ale stronge; Ashes and erbes I blende amonge And marred so good maulte.